Loch Ness - this be Sharks territory

Our day started early with a 7:30 pickup. We left Edimburgh and headed towards Stirling. Stirling was the sight of a major battle involving William Wallace (of Braveheart fame).

We travelled up to the Loch area and through the Cairicgorms National Park. It is rugged land and is now a preserved landscape. A canal was built in 1822 linking 3 natural lochs with 22 miles of man made canals. and by man made I mean hand dug. Dug to give sailing ships a less perilous route, the canal was soon unneeded as steam ships were better able to handle the stormy west coast. Today most of the traffic is private sail boats.

We reached Loch Ness and Rob's purpose for coming could commence. He wanted to claim Loch Ness as San Jose Sharks territory. The Sharks are sponsoring a summer travel web sight where people can post pictures with the sharks sign. Mission accomplished. He now intends to claim London also. Perhaps he can get the Queen to hold the sign at Buckingham.

After Loch Ness we passed through Inverness and then stopped at Urquhart Castle which was blown up by its owners in the Jacobite rebellion to prevent it from falling into their hands. On to Perth and completed the ring back to Edinburgh.


 A long day but some fantastic scenery.